Chapter 128: The top three

When Shen Zhou and Qiu Ying heard Li Yuanhui say that there were two essays that made him feel very surprised, namely with the theme of 'lotus' and 'plum blossom', they also decided that it was themselves in their hearts.

Li Yuanhui didn't let them wait too long, and immediately announced the results: "These two essays are Fang Zhongyong's "Sick Plum" and Xu Xian's "Ai Lian Said"!"

Well?

Shen Zhou and Qiu Ying were stunned for a moment and didn't react.

After waiting for his brain to turn around, he was suddenly startled, and his eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

What the?!

The two essays that made Li Yuanhui amazed were not the two of them, but Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong!

How is this possible!

There is only one thought in their minds, this cannot be true! This is not only their disdain for Hangzhou Academy, but also their confidence in themselves!

In this Wenfu competition, they can be regarded as showing all their strength, and they can even be said to have played extraordinarily, and they have achieved the ultimate in what they can do, how can they lose to Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong, who wrote the same theme, in the end?

There's definitely something shady about this!

Carried away by anger and shame, even in the face of the great Confucian Li Yuanhui, the two couldn't help but want to refute.

However, just when they were about to question at the beginning, Li Yuanhui pasted Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong's test papers on the wall next to them, so that everyone could appreciate and observe.

At this time, not only Shen Zhou and Qiu Ying, but everyone else immediately rushed over, wanting to see how outstanding these two essays were, and how lofty the intentions were, so that the great Confucians of the current dynasty felt amazing.

The first thing to see is Fang Zhongyong's plum blossoms.

"Everyone in the world says: Mei is beautiful with curve, straight is without posture, with beauty and no scenery with regularity, with sparse beauty, dense is stateless. Solid also.

This literati and painter knew what it meant, and he could not make the people of the world straighten, delete the secrets, hoe the righteousness, and make the plum disease of the plum as a profession in order to make ......money."

When Fang Zhongyong's article was read, everyone who was not convinced was immediately completely convinced.

Qiu Ying, who is known as the 'Plum Blossom Boy', is even more pale, and his whole spirit is a little weaker, as if he has been deeply shocked.

He was defeated, and he was completely defeated.

In terms of intention and spirit, he lost a mess, and he was not an opponent at all.

Fang Zhongyong's article is not to praise the beauty, chastity, hardiness, strength and other fine behaviors of plum blossoms, but to analyze the current pathology of plum blossoms!

Roughly meaning: now in the world, almost everyone thinks that plum blossoms are beautiful and beautiful when they are curved, and if they are straight, they will have no grace; they will be considered beautiful by the slope of their branches, but they will have no scenery if they are upright; they will be considered beautiful by virtue of their sparse branches and leaves, and they will not have a posture if they are dense.

Most of the literati were the same, not only did not want to change it, but followed this standard to restrain plum blossoms, and asked the plum blossom growers in the world to cut down straight branches, remove dense branches, hoe off upright branches, and break the branches and make plum blossoms sick as a profession to seek money.

I (Fang Zhongyong) have bought many pots of plum blossoms, but none of them are healthy, all of them are sick, I have felt deeply sorry for them, and I have tried to treat them. So I let them go, destroyed the pots, planted them in the ground, let them grow luxuriant branches, and restored them to their original appearance!

......

Therefore, Fang Zhongyong's literary endowment is not called Yongmei, but called Sick Mei!

This point of view and intention is unprecedented in the Dali Dynasty, and no one has ever put forward the idea of 'sick plum', so that everyone was shocked after reading it. At the same time, they also have to admit in their hearts that Fang Zhongyong's "Sick Plum" is indeed a masterpiece, and such a lofty intention has far exceeded the points that they can only think of.

Fang Zhongyong's "Sick Plum" can be said to be a metaphor for people, not only referring to plum blossoms, but also referring to them who are readers, who should not smooth out their personality and edges and corners because they cater to others. Everyone should develop according to their own ideals, instead of blindly seeking common ground while reserving differences and living in the eyes of others.

Wenfu pays the most attention to the idea, Qiu Ying's "Yongmei" is indeed gorgeous, it is definitely a rare good essay, but compared with Fang Zhongyong's article, there are too many shortcomings, just like the difference between children and adults, the gap is too big.

It is no wonder that after reading this article, Li Yuanhui was once again rated as first-class and top-grade!

As a result, Fang Zhongyong relied on this essay to reach a height that Li Pan had never reached back then, and together with Xu Xian, he received a rare first-class evaluation in a hundred years.

"I didn't expect this Fang Zhongyong to have such talent, no wonder he was the first prodigy in Hangzhou Mansion!"

"I am convinced that I can make this rune, the position of this Jiangnan genius!"

In addition to a few people from Jinling Academy, the other students expressed their convincing after reading it.

With Fang Zhongyong's Wenfu in front, everyone quickly focused on Xu Xian's Wenfu, wanting to see what an excellent Wenfu this was, which could be compared to it.

"Hiss......"

Compared with the shock brought by watching the whole film of "Sick Plum", Xu Xian's "Ai Lian Said" quickly refreshed everyone's eyes and completely indulged in it.

"The flowers of land and water, plants and trees, the lovely ones are very rich. Qin Zhu Naiwen loves chrysanthemum alone. Since Ma Xialai, the world has loved peonies very much. To love the lotus out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilion net planting, can be seen from a distance and can not be blasphemed!

It is called chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers, peony, the rich and noble of flowers, and lotus, the gentleman of flowers. The love of chrysanthemum is rarely heard of after pottery. The love of the lotus, who is the giver? The love of the peony should be carried out by all!"

That's right, this article written by Xu Xian is the famous article "Ai Lian Said" by Zhou Dunyi on the earth in later generations!

However, there is no Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty in this world, but there was a hermit named Zhu Naiwen in the Qin Dynasty, with a similar personality to Tao Yuanming and a cold temperament, so Xu Xian wrote it into the words.

There is no Tang Dynasty established by the Li family in this world, but there was a prosperous Xia Dynasty founded by the Ma family in the previous dynasty, which was majestic. At that time, the people of the world also liked the peony, which symbolized wealth.

When everyone, including Shen Zhou, after reading Xu Xian's "Ai Lian Said", they were even more convinced and respected than Fang Zhongyong's "Sick Plum".

I'm afraid that if this article is passed on, Xu Xian is afraid that he will be called 'Ailian Gentleman'.

Xu Xian's test paper was also rated as a first-class grade again.

As a result, Xu Xian became the genius who won the top three grades at this Jiangnan Talent Literary Conference!

Obtaining a first-class grade is a rare occurrence in a century.

What about getting three first-class grades?

Such a genius is probably no longer simply unprecedented, but it is enough to say that there is no one to come!

There is no one before and no one after!

No one can compare to Xu Xian!